Absolutely unfair is the sentence that non-violent "3-Strikers" are serving in prison after harming no one. There is no equal justice under this law. We have those spending their entire lives in expensive prisons who do not deserve this harsh punishment given the heinous crimes those who really do deserve it commit.

Harry DeLong has attended Fly-Ins since the mid-1990s as part of Glasair Aviation's sales and flight demonstrations, and he believes that rising gas prices haven't affected aviation as much as they have the automobile industry.

ARLINGTON ?A steady stream of folks wandered down the avenue through the middle of the Arlington Street Fair over the weekend, checking out the more than 80 vendors and munching on kettle corn, sipping on sodas and exploring activities offered by nonprofit groups and getting free frisbees and notepads from realtors.

ARLINGTON Arlington residents are pitching in on behalf of several employees of Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Inc., who were arrested June 26 by agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ARLINGTON The Andersons, a family of self-described "homebodies" who were born and raised in Washington state, walked away from everything they knew two years ago when they left Arlington to render medical and educational assistance to African villagers.

ARLINGTON The Andersons, a family of self-described "homebodies" who were born and raised in Washington state, walked away from everything they knew two years ago when they left Arlington to render medical and educational assistance to African villagers.

 Let the people vote. That was the gist of an offer made last week to Arlington officials by Smokey Point residents who have been fighting becoming a part of the city of Arlington for nearly three years. Members of Save Our Community and Schools told Arlington Mayor Bob Kraski, City Administrator Thom Myers and Councilwoman Sally Lien at a meeting at Weller's Family Restaurant last Tuesday that the group would stop fighting the annexation if the city would agree to put the matter to a vote. "It's a proposal for settlement," said SOCS attorney Mickie Jarvill. If the city drops the current annexation proposal and agrees to pursue the annexation by the election method, SOCS would dismiss its appeal and collect signatures for another petition for annexation of the area this time by the election method. The annexation by election method counts voters rather than property owners. The more common annexation method is to gather signatures of property owners accounting for 60 percent of the property value of a specific area. "The proposal is: we want to vote," Jarvill said. "A great deal of the resistance to annexation in the community stems from the fact that most people did not have a say. The objection across the board is the decision is not being made by the community and the community has not been properly involved in the decisions being made." The bulk of the residents weren't asked about annexation in the first place because gerrymandering of the annexation boundaries excluded most of the residential development, Jarvill said. Then the settlement between the cities of Marysville and Arlington and Snohomish County was made behind closed doors. "Once again the community was not allowed to participate in the process. That created a great deal of animosity," Jarvill said.

ARLINGTON A public hearing at the July 21 City Council meeting will provide members of the community a chance to express their opinions about a number of issues. The city is considering some amendments to its comprehensive plan and some are being considered at the July 21 hearing while others are continued to Aug. 18.

The third annual Lakewood Legacy Netbuster Tournament started off with a bang as 48 teams of different age groups and genders fought for the tournament's championship. To start off the event, the Legacy teams were in full form; showing off their array of talent and tricks in many different age groups.